Ten on Tuesday: Ten Things You Do Every Day

1.  Procrastinate.  You may be laughing.  I know I am not alone in this.  I almost delayed my post until tomorrow, but I thought that was low-hanging fruit.

2.  Think about fiber.  Notice I did not say "knit".  Or "spin".  I don't get to do that every single day.  But even when I don't, I still think about it.  

3.  Read.  It can be as simple as a magazine, or the internet.  When I am good, it is a book.  I am currently reading Guy Gavriel Kay's "Under Heaven".  It is rilly good.  I have a ridiculous backlog of Bon Appetits, Food&Wines, Wine Spectators, NewEnglandJournalof Medicines, etc.  See #1.

4.  Check the front door for packages.  Even if nothing is expected, you never know.  We both obsessively check.  It is a B A D habit.  

5.  Communicate in some fashion to my husband that he is loved and appreciated.  

6.  Think about exercise.  Back to #1.  Daniel Gilbert did a study using an iPhone app that addresses how people feel when they think about things other than what they are doing NOW.  Food for thought.  Oh!  Never mind.  That one was my fault, I distracted you.

7.  Drink tea.  Every single day.  I was really happy when antioxidants were found in tea, and thought to be good for me.   I would drink it, regardless.

8.  Appreciate my current life and health.  It's been a decent amount of psychic work, but it pays good dividends.  I appreciate each day more.  I learned to do this as I have seen death, disability, and disaster every day in the operating rooms.  One would be stupid to not get this message after all that.  

9. Eat a granola bar.  Luna.  Flavors vary, although I am currently fond of Nuts over Chocolate.  Those people who say that breakfast is the most important meal clearly do not wake up early in the morning, and clearly are not nightowls.  I'm lucky I can find my way to work in the morning.  So my breakfast is a granola bar.  I don't have to wake up early to fix it.  I can eat it in the car without endangering myself or others.  I like spending $0.99 for breakfast.  It has vitamins in it.  And I like the crunch/chocolate/nutty essences.

10.  Check email.  Another unfortunate addiction.  The iPhone has only made this worse.  Better?

And back to #8?  Not the best picture, but a sample of what we did last Saturday in Vermont.  

Thanks to the British School of Falconry, who reopened the day before our visit.  The Battenkill River put their facility under four feet of water during Tropical Storm Irene.  The hawks and eagles were rescued, and stashed in the falconers' houses until the water receded.

 

 

Comments

[Carole]

I love that you - unquestionably one of the smartest people I know - are a procrastinator. Mwah!

[gayle]

Ah, yes. Procrastinator here, too. (Sometimes it can be disguised as 'planning'...)
I'm with you on all but the tea and granola bars. #8 is the most important, I think.

Did you get to hold a falcon? I've always had a mad desire to walk around with a falcon on my wrist...

[Anne]

Many of your things are my things. Particularly tea.

Is it a weird coincidence I've been researching some things about falcons recently for a design concept? Vermont has such awesome things.

[margene]

Your list is one of perfection. It's my day, too. :D
Every time I come to your blog I learn something new, such as the impact of Irene on falcons or hawks.

[Hillary]

I love you AND your list. I'm with you on #1, wondering how I forgot to include #3 on my list and thinking that #2 expresses my current fibery status perfectly. Great list!

[June]

Guy Gavriel Kay, good golly, I read him in college. Tigana made me cry. Excellent. I wasn't so crazy about his other work at the time (Fionvar, bah; read Lions and Sarantine, meh), but a Song for Arbonne also was very good. Complex stories, hard to get into because he just starts off in the deep end and you have to read backward to get the relationships straight. Man. Haven't thought of him in years.

[Caroline M]

"Drink tea" would be something that goes on my list of "things you do ten times a day".

My library now loans ebooks so in theory I can borrow a book at silly am. (In theory because the book reader isn't mine and I haven't a clue how books get in it)

I'm not at all sure how I'd feel about sharing my home with an eagle, it would probably mean me drinking a lot more tea.

[Lynn]

I'm with you on all 10, except #5, for lack of suitable target.

[Marcia]

I am so with you on #8. Not a breakfast person and keep well-stocked on breakfast bars. Must try Luna as it is rather disconcerting to see a teeny bopper idol (Nick somebody?) staring at me first thing in the morning on my current brand. Well, mid-morning....now that we are home from the Big Apple with nothing much to do but sleep and change burn dressings and do PEG feedings. (Are you procrastinating on that "other thing"?

[Lorette]

You and I are much alike. I used to eat Luna bars for breakfast for quite the same reasons, but they don't hold me till lunch. Now I boil a dozen eggs at a time, take two with me along with a cup of yogurt, and eat it when I get to work. I can't face food at o'dark thirty.

[Risa]

Excellent list. Many of your items are the same as mine.

[Chris]

Ahhh... so many similarities. I'd list them but ... yeah... number 1. Plus, I'm busy indulging with number 7. Number 6, too. And number 2 on your list ... well, I kind of live that.

And that falconry stuff? Bucket list, Baby!

[Melissa G]

I get jittery if there is no 2 or 3. Also guilty of 1, 4, and 10. Instead of hawking we do herding. Regarding 6, ski season is around the corner...How's Mr. E's shoulder?